CONNECT
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| Developer(s) | Federal Health Architecture and the Change Control Board |
|---|---|
| Initial release | April 2009 (2.0)[1] |
| Stable release |
5.3 (June 28, 2019) [±] |
| Preview release | none [±] |
| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | Health informatics software |
| License(s) | BSD 3-Clause License |
| Website | connectopensource.org |
CONNECT is a health informatics "software solution that organizations can use to securely link their existing health IT systems into the health information exchanges."[2]
Product history
In June 2007, CONNECT initiative lead Dave Riley was brought in by the The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to bring the Federal agencies together to be able to formulate a strategy for how the Feds would be connecting to the NHIN"[3][4] (The Nationwide Health Information Network). Between June and October of that year, Riley and the Federal agencies worked out a strategy that would include a Federal NHIN consortium that would operate under shared governance and development with non-shared implementations in each agency. In addition, they would create Federal nationwide health information exchange (NHIE) solutions. On October 12, 2007, Riley and the agencies met with the National Coordinator and ultimately agreed to pool money together to fund development of the software initiative.[3][4][5] Thus in October development on CONNECT began.[1]
In April 2009, overseer Federal Health Architecture (FHA) made the decision to open the source code of the CONNECT software to the public and develop infrastructure for the community, beginning with making available to the code to version 2.0.[1] A GitHub project was set up and the first commits were made in July of the same year.[6] A wiki was started the following month.[7] As participation increased, the FHA began holding Code-A-Thons and participating in demonstrations at HIMSS' (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) annual conference and exhibition.[1]
By August 2012, a new change was underway for CONNECT, one driven by the FHA and ONC to transition development to one of full open source community engagement.[8] The February 11, 2013 release of CONNECT 4.0 was in theory suppose to mark the end of that transition[8][9]; however, as of February 2014, that transition was still being planned.[10]
Features
Features include:
Hardware/software requirements
Videos, screenshots, and other media
Entities using CONNECT
Further reading
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "About CONNECT - Project Milestones". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.connectopensource.org/about/project-milestones. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ "About CONNECT - FAQ". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.connectopensource.org/about/faq. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Riley, David; Miller, Craig (29 June 2009). CONNECT Solution and Core Services Overview. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MarB-jk3emU. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "CONNECT Solution And Core Services Overview - Transcript". Readable. http://www.allreadable.com/vid/connect-solution-and-core-services-overview-393103.html. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ Riley, David. "CONNECTing to the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN): The Road Ahead" (PDF). Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/government/bok1_043225.pdf. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ "Created folder 'Current'". GitHub. https://github.com/CONNECT-Solution/CONNECT/commit/d74da51ce88a568486f79ba35c8293a3ab4d31cb. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ "Wiki - Page History". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://connectopensource.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/viewpreviousversions.action?pageId=8585592. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (16 August 2012). "The CONNECT Transition is Underway". The Pulse (1). http://www.connectopensource.org/sites/connectopensource.org/files/fha-newsletter/081512-the-pulse/index.html. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (14 February 2013). "CONNECT 4.0 is Here!". The Pulse (4). http://www.connectopensource.org/sites/connectopensource.org/files/fha-newsletter/0213-the-pulse/index.html. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ Kalbfleisch, Gail (17 February 2014). "Note from the Director". The Pulse (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) (10). http://www.connectopensource.org/sites/connectopensource.org/files/fha-newsletter/0214-the-pulse/index.html. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
